As a side note, xcdroast should run as root so that cdrecord can run with
a more favorable nice value, reducing the possibility of buffer underruns.
Hence running as suid root and not changing the ownership of the file...
DvB
On Wed, 16 Feb 2000 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
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> Never used xcdroast but is it owned by root?
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> If so, set the 'suid' bit with
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> chmod +s xcdroast
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> and run it from the non-root user. The program should run as though it has
> been called by root. I'm currently trying to do the same thing with a
> program trying to write to my mounted dos partitions, but not getting much
> luck! Time for more man pages I think!
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> Steve Flynn
> IBM MVS Operations Analyst
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> Mike Perry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on 16/02/2000 12:25:02
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> Please respond to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> To: "'[EMAIL PROTECTED]'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> cc: (bcc: Steve Flynn/UK/Contr/IBM)
> Subject: [newbie] xcdroast
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> Hi to all!
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> I have finally managed to get my EIDE burner working (I think)
> in Linux, but I can only seem to start xcdroast when logged in
> as root.
> What is the procedure for making it accessable for ALL users?
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>
> Cheers:
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> Michael Perry.
> R&D. Dep. Netafim Magal.
> <<<<Linux -- the Ultimate Windows Service Pack>>>>
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